I’ve been wanting to find a way to be of service to the suffering planet and all its living beings right now.
I took a look at our recipe data and realized that 68% of the recipes on this blog so far come from only 5 countries: United States of America, United Kingdom, Canada, France, and Italy… all places predominantly inhabited by white people.
This makes sense for me because I live in the US, grew up in Canada which has a strong French influence, and my two grandmothers were from the UK and Italy.
I cook from the cultures infused in me by my family and my current location.
But what if we diversify our recipes here, and try making one dish from each of the 200 countries around the world? What do people eat in Kyrgyzstan, or Namibia, or Laos?
The food people eat tells us something about their lives, how they spend their days, what they share with their loved ones. It can open our mind to other cultures and experiences, and increase our compassion for other humans.
It’s a great lesson to share with our kids too, as they grow up in this confusing time.
And since animal lives matter too, we’ll be choosing plant-based recipes wherever possible for each country.
I hope that this exploration helps us to keep moving forward, increases global understanding, and inspires you to help in your own way as well.
And now, here is the data on how many recipes we have from each country so far (also represented on the map above.) You can click on the links to see the recipes from each country…
USA: 83
Canada: 33
United Kingdom: 33
Italy: 25
France: 21
Japan: 10
India: 9
Germany: 9
Israel: 6
Russia: 4
Thailand: 4
Mexico: 4
Morocco: 4
3 recipes each from: Australia, Austria
2 recipes each from: Belgium, China, Denmark, Greece, Indonesia, Netherlands
1 recipe each from: Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Croatia, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, Jamaica, North Korea, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania
NO RECIPES YET from:
Afghanistan
Andorra
Argentina
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Barbados
Belarus
Bhutan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cote d’Ivoire
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Holy See
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
Iraq
Ireland
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine State
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Portugal
Qatar
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Soloman Islands
Somalia
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Switzerland
Syria
Tajikistan
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
We have a long way to go, and this may only be a small way we can help in our little corner of the world, but if we all keep taking small steps together in the right direction, we’ll end up in a better place.
Thank you for joining us on this journey.